Much like Tom, I would love to be able to start a TF wing of my collection. I actually think I would rather collect cars from that race than LM.

There's no doubt there were some cool cars at the Targa Florio, but for the most part many of the Le Mans cars competed at the Targa Florio as well. In addition, the race lost its international ststus in 1973 and ceased in 1977, so your collection wouldn't have any of the cars from the last 50 years.

Carrera Panamericana models are so tempting. I don't have even one, but one is on its way here.
I would rather collect cars from that race than from LM.

RT

The Carrera Panamericana is even more limited than the Targa Florio, being run only for five consecutive years from 1950 to 1954. Again, many of the Carrera Panamericana cars also raced at Le Mans (ie both the Jaguar and Lancia above are also Le Mans cars), but personally I'd want to collect cars from a wider period of history than just 5 years in the 50's.

“Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.” - Steve McQueen

Much like Tom, I would love to be able to start a TF wing of my collection. I actually think I would rather collect cars from that race than LM.

There's no doubt there were some cool cars at the Targa Florio, but for the most part many of the Le Mans cars competed at the Targa Florio as well. In addition, the race lost its international ststus in 1973 and ceased in 1977, so your collection wouldn't have any of the cars from the last 50 years.

Much like Tom, I would love to be able to start a TF wing of my collection. I actually think I would rather collect cars from that race than LM.

There's no doubt there were some cool cars at the Targa Florio, but for the most part many of the Le Mans cars competed at the Targa Florio as well. In addition, the race lost its international ststus in 1973 and ceased in 1977, so your collection wouldn't have any of the cars from the last 50 years.

Works for me.

x 2 - having an upper limit on a collection or even a narrow window stops (to a small degree) things getting completely out of hand like it has with my WRC collection.....

These next 2 will undoubtedly cause some forum members to opine negatively as these are scratch builds by which i mean that the "buck" from which these were cast will have been carved from wood or similar and as such they cannot be compared to the superb detail that is available on items such as Spark models. Nevertheless, i love them for their quirkiness and uniqueness.

These next 2 will undoubtedly cause some forum members to opine negatively as these are scratch builds by which i mean that the "buck" from which these were cast will have been carved from wood or similar and as such they cannot be compared to the superb detail that is available on items such as Spark models. Nevertheless, i love them for their quirkiness and uniqueness.

Ah, I see you have discovered Stripped Pine. I have a couple pieces of Brian's work in my collection. I enjoy his work, the hand made look and feel and he chooses subjects that are not usually modeled. Here is an example, a Nash-Healey spider on the 1953 Mille Miglia. Dont bid on the Jaguar he currently has up for auction!

These next 2 will undoubtedly cause some forum members to opine negatively as these are scratch builds by which i mean that the "buck" from which these were cast will have been carved from wood or similar and as such they cannot be compared to the superb detail that is available on items such as Spark models. Nevertheless, i love them for their quirkiness and uniqueness.

Ah, I see you have discovered Stripped Pine. I have a couple pieces of Brian's work in my collection. I enjoy his work, the hand made look and feel and he chooses subjects that are not usually modeled. Here is an example, a Nash-Healey spider on the 1953 Mille Miglia. Dont bid on the Jaguar he currently has up for auction!